Sewing-awl.



No. 744,581. v I PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903:

' W. M. MANSELL.

SEWING AWL.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 13. 1903.

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' UNiTED STATES I Patented November 17, 1 908.

WILLIAM MARTIN MANSELL, OF BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS.

SEWING-AWL.

EFECYIITECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,581,:zlatedNovember 17, 1903.

Application filed April 18, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MARTIN MAN- SELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at B0oneville,in the co untyo'f Logan-and State ofArkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Awls, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sewing-awls; and the object of the same is toprovide a simple and effective device of this character with ahollowhandle to receive a thread-wound spool or bobbin from which thethread passes to the eye of the awl-point and is drawn off as re quired,a particular form of take up and thread-clamp being employed to renderthe operation of the awl practicable and to prevent the thread fromloosely running off the spool or bobbin. f

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and.claimed. v

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a perspective View of an awl embodying thefeatures of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,showing the bobbin or spool recess in the handle exposed and the bobbinor spool.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the severalviews. 7 v The numeral 1 designates the handle ofthe awl, which is of usual form and has a chamher 2 formed therein andextending longitudinally thereof, said. chamber having a me talliclining provided with end bearings at and 5, the bearing 4t beingprojected forwardly into the chamber and having a springcatch 6cooperating therewith and movable in the recess 7,located in rear of aportion of the said chamber. The springcatch 6 comprises a reducedshank, secured at its upper end to the handle, and a head with a centerrecess '8 therein to receive a portion of 'one terminal of the bobbin orspool spindle 9. The opening through the bearing 4 is enlarged for con-Venienoe in applying the spindle 9 to the bearings and also facilitateswithdrawal of the spindle when the bobbin or spool thereon-is empty orhas the thread fully withdrawn therefrom. The catch 6 prevents thespindle s m No. 153,320. (No model.)

9 from becoming accidentally displaced. On

the spindle 9 a suitable spool 0r bobbin 10 is curved to conform to theexterior contour of the handle of the awl and snugly fits into saidhandle when closed to avoid the formation of 'the medium of a hingedcover 11, which is I projections that might injure the hand of thethread arrives at a point close to the guide in the uncoiling operationthereof the guide automatically assumes a position to prevent the threadfrom binding and to facilitate the movement thereof through the guide.On the side of the chamber to which the guide 14 is secured is aguide-eye 15, which ali-neswith a feed-bore 16, extending through theforward upper portion of the handle 1 and has a metallic or other wearlining 17 secured therein and formed with a slot 18 in its upperportion,"which coincides with a slot 19 in the handle. The bore 16, withits lining 17, constitutes an outlet-aperture for the thread and extendsfully to and out through the front end of the handle.

In the upper front portion of the handle .1

a thread-clamp 20 is mounted and comprises of the thumb of the hand ofthe operator.

The pressure-plate .22 is attached to the clamping member 21 by studs oranalogous devices 22*, which are headed over flush with the uppersurface of the said plate. The member 21 is normally held out of engage-IOO ment with the thread by a spring 23, secured in the handle andprojecting forwardly to the upper portion of the slot into a recess 24in the rear end of the member 21.

In preparing the awl for use a full bobbin or spool is inserted in thechamber 2 and disposed in such manner that the opposite terminals of thespindle thereof will be caused to engage the bearings 4 and 5. The looseend of the thread. is then passed through the pivoted guide 14 andcarried across and threaded through the eye 13 and then brought back andpasssd through the eye 15 and out through the bore 16 and lining 17 tothe eye of the needle 26. The awl is then ready for the sewingoperation, and in pursuing the latter the needle is pushed through thematerial desired to be stitched without exerting an inward pressure onthe thread-clamp. WVhen the needle is Withdrawn from the material,pressure is applied to the clamp, and the member 21 is caused to engagethe thread to prevent the latter from running off the bobbin or spool tohold the thread against movement with sufficient resistance to permitthe stitch to be drawn tight. The stitching operation can be readilycarried on with the improved awl, and to suit diiferent classes of Workchanges in the proportions, dimensions, and minor details may beresorted to Without in the least departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is claimed as new is 1.A sewing-awl, comprising a handle having a chamber therein, and athread-outlet through the forward extremity thereof, a loosely rockingguide on one side of the chamber, a spring take-up at the opposite sideof the chamber, a thread-holding means held in the chamber and havingthe thread therefrom passing through the guide, the take-up, and theoutlet means to the needle of the awl, and a spring-actuated clamphaving a rigid member longitudinally projectible into and adapted toengage the thread in the outlet means.

2. A sewing-aw], comprising a handle having a chamber therein with acover, and a thread-outlet means, a rocking guide in one side of thechamber, a take-up on the opposite side of the chamber having a terminaleye at its free end, and a thread-holding device removably mounted inthe chamber and from which the thread is drawn and passed through theguide and take-up and the threadoutlet means and needle of the awl.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

XVILLIAM MARTIN MANSELL.

Witnesses:

ANDREW J. M CAMIS, CARL IIILL.

